constant factor

collocation in English

meaningsofconstantandfactor

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofconstantandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the difference is only aconstantfactor.
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This is within aconstantfactorof the optimum.
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Yet, it is still possible to reap a smallconstantfactor.
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This ensures that there is at most aconstantfactorcost for this method.
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In other words, the penalty slows the algorithms down by aconstantfactor.
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The unoptimized discipline also generates aconstantfactormore live data, though the factor is smaller.
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This improves previous estimates and is tight up to aconstantfactor.
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We can then adjust the normalization by aconstantfactor(k - 1)/k.
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The following construction shows that the upper bound is tight up to aconstantfactor.
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This only introduces aconstantfactor, and the probabilities remain exponentially small.
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Translation is adequate in that it preserves complexity up-to aconstantfactor.
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That is aconstantfactor.
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We give an exponential bound on the probability that it exceeds its expectation by aconstantfactor.
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We prove our encodings correct in the sense that they preserve complexity up to aconstantfactor.
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Finally, we describe the plane partitioning heuristic, which is not guaranteed to produce a solution within anyconstantfactor.
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We can also determine, up to aconstantfactor, the strong (list) o chromatic index of a random graph.
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There is another curiouslyconstantfactor.
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It is not aconstantfactor, it varies enormously.
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This is not aconstantfactor: it fluctuates.
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In my view, this is aconstantfactorthroughout it.
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What is this mysterious ingredient called the "constantfactor"?
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Governments come and go, but taxpayers are theconstantfactor.
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But the reallyconstantfactoris the relationship itself.
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